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Japan, US stage naval drill amid tensionAFP, TokyoJapan and the United States launched a joint naval drill Thursday in a show of force aimed at...
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Trump defends Asia trip, vows `maximum pressure` on N Korea
AFP, Washington :US President Donald Trump hit back at critics of his recent Asia trip and vowed a global campaign of “maximum pressure” on North...
Pakistani judge exempts ex-PM Sharif from attending trial
AP, Islamabad :A Pakistani judge has exempted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from attending his corruption trial so that he could visit his wife as...
Saudi Arabia has `detained` PM Hariri :Lebanon President
AFP, Beirut :Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun on Wednesday accused Saudi Arabia of having “detained” Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who announced his resignation in a statement...
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5 killed in California mass shooting AFP, Los Angeles Five people are dead and 10 others were left wounded, including two children, in a shooting...
Survivors of Iran quake await badly needed aid
AP, Sarpol-E-Zahab, Iran :Many survivors in Iran were still awaiting badly needed aid on Wednesday, three days after the powerful earthquake along the Iraq border...
All nations must deny terror financing, says Trump
PTI, Washington :The US will not tolerate the use of chemical weapons, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday while asserting that all nations must deny...
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Refugees in Greece start hunger strikeReuters, Athens A group of mainly Syrian women and children who have been stranded in Greece pitched tents opposite parliament...
Sessions facing Congress amid new Russia probe details
AP, Washington :Attorney General Jeff Sessions returns to Capitol Hill on Tuesday amid growing evidence of contacts between Russians and associates of President Donald Trump....
Trump heads home after `tremendously successful` Asia trip
AP, Manila :President Donald Trump headed for home Tuesday following an extensive tour of Asia that he said had been “tremendously successful” and had put...
Trump and Duterte bond at Asia summit; U.S. says rights mentioned briefly
Manila, Reuters :U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had a “great relationship” with his Philippine counterpart, Rodrigo Duterte, while a White House official...
Global 2pc rise in CO2 ‘giant leap backwards for humankind’
AFP :The carbon dioxide emissions that drive global warming, flat since 2014, are set to rise two percent this year, dashing hopes they had peaked,...